Dean Smith - Confirmed

[dave.woodhall]

And as for Targett being dreadful - given the players picked at LB in recent seasons, he is far from the worst we have had there.

Great, £14m and the best defence anybody can muster is that Targett isn't as bad as Tony Moon.

The price rises to £17m with add-ons.

all the calls to rest McGinn were fucking stupid imo,
 Watford is what you get without him and Grealish wide

He wasn't playing very well, had played a lot and needed a rest. Then we find out he was injured too.

I'm not sure why you think those calls were stupid.

Would you have just played him until he was run into the ground and/or badly injured?

I didn’t think he was playing as badly as you seem to

he was still the second best midfielder we had in most games even when he wasn’t playing well as you say

we are in a relegation scrap
We need every one of our best players on the pitch every time we play if possible
loads of players carry knocks I remember Carragher saying he can’t ever remember playing without some sort of niggle

you start resting McGinn and you got no chance of staying up

Anyway you got your wish now he’ll be back raring to go hopefully
I’d still prefer him out there even if he wasn’t on top form to be honest

What do you mean Drummond got his wish? He wanted him to have a breather for a game or two (which may have done the injury he was carrying some good), not get injured for three months. What a silly comment.

you really do think your clever popping up all over the pace with your little shitty out downs
maybe it was silly but its nothing compared to the total bollocks you've been posting on here the last few years

night and day haranguing of anyone who didn't tow the party line, 100% blind allegiance to Bruceball and all his cohorts making yourself look a right twat day after day,
 only in the end to pretend you never said much when in reality you were living on here challenging anyone and everyone when they posted negative stuff on Bruce for the best part of 3 fucking years

putting people down constantly on the transfer thread for chatting about transfer rumours on a fucking a gossip & transfer speculation thread

your just a H+V troll, mopping around trying to look clever

at least i admit i can be a right twat on here, but if its a fall out you want i will give it to you i'm not one of the vulnerable posters i have seen you bully over the years, then rush over to GM to take the piss out of them or stick the knife


i'm sure you will come back with some clever dicky comments of sudo surprise but i don't give a fuck what you've got to say your posting history on here is all i need to see what you are

Happy New year

Apology or ban - the choice is yours.

[Clampy]

John, it was a silly comment and you've admitted it yourself. I thought myself he should have been left out for a game or two, not because he might get injured like he did, but because he needed a break and might make the injury he had worse and besides, he wasn't his usual effective self. In the long run, it might have done us good.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

For those posters looking for Smith to be sacked after the Watford game, I fear you may well be disappointed again tomorrow if the result goes against us.
I feel the owners will back Smith into January, rightly or wrongly because they may feel they owe him having not backed him with an extra striker at least, last transfer window. Also if there are any dissenters in the changing room, again I feel they will back Smith having seen the way they discharged of "Gates" McCormack.

[john e]

apologies to Clampy for my over the top reaction

[dave.woodhall]

apologies to Clampy for my over the top reaction

Thank you. Now let's move on.

[Clampy]

Despite what John wrote was total bollocks and in some cases downright lies, I accept the apology. Thank you.

[David_Nab]

An interesting read
https://medium.com/@DavidAnderson_1/brentford-fc-thomas-frank-v-dean-smith-66ba178fd80d

In October 2018, Frank stepped into the Brentford hot seat with the squad having already had a strong foothold in one of Dean Smith’s characteristically choppy slumps, where nobody, especially Smith, could ever truly answer why lengthy periods of a season featured a succession of costly results.

The reputation under Smith was that of a soft touch, easy to create chances against and regularly conceding the same type of goal.
The ball looped high into the box from wide positions for an easy header or the ball launched over the top of the defence, beating the offside trap for a forward to get in one on one with the goalkeeper.

Brentford under Smith seemed under coached defensively, and during his three years at the club he never once looked to get to grips with the defensive side of the game, instead, mainly relying on the quantity of chances created in attack.

The second 2 points are certainly 2 issues we currently have.

[ChicagoLion]

Despite what John wrote was total bollocks and in some cases downright lies, I accept the apology. Thank you.

Being some one you constantly snipe at,it would be nice to think that you might consider a New Years resolution.

[Mister E]

For those posters looking for Smith to be sacked after the Watford game, I fear you may well be disappointed again tomorrow if the result goes against us.
I feel the owners will back Smith into January, rightly or wrongly because they may feel they owe him having not backed him with an extra striker at least, last transfer window. Also if there are any dissenters in the changing room, again I feel they will back Smith having seen the way they discharged of "Gates" McCormack.

What does the bit in bold mean? - I don't see a connection between our current situation and a washed-up Scotsman.

[ChicagoLion]

For those posters looking for Smith to be sacked after the Watford game, I fear you may well be disappointed again tomorrow if the result goes against us.
I feel the owners will back Smith into January, rightly or wrongly because they may feel they owe him having not backed him with an extra striker at least, last transfer window. Also if there are any dissenters in the changing room, again I feel they will back Smith having seen the way they discharged of "Gates" McCormack.

What does the bit in bold mean? - I don't see a connection between our current situation and a washed-up Scotsman.

I think he means they will back the manager against player power.
Even though it’s a different regime now.

[brian green]

I am with Chicago .  As somebody you regularly snipe at, despite having DW to shield you, the apology should be going the other way to john.

[dave.woodhall]

I am with Chicago .  As somebody you regularly snipe at, despite having DW to shield you, the apology should be going the other way to john.

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[Legion]

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[ChicagoLion]

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I get you can not view the contact page message.
It’s not as though no one knows what the common denominator is though is it?

[brian green]

I can't  open your link Lee.  What does it say?  "Hi Brian we really appreciate the three quarters of a century you have followed the Villa home and away.  Your views on how Villa fans should behave towards each other is very important to us."  No?  No surprise there then.